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Antoninianus - Diocletianus CONCORDIA MILITVM
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 293-295 |
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| Value | Antoninianus (1) |
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| Obverse description | Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Emperor Diocletian facing right, depicted with short beard and strong facial features in the late Roman imperial style. The emperor wears a radiate crown with visible rays projecting upward, a paludamentum (military cloak) fastened at the shoulder, and scale armour. The encircling legend reads IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, distributed around the full circumference of the coin within a beaded border. |
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| Obverse lettering | IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG (Translation: Imperator, Caesar, Caius Valerius Diocletianus Pius Felix Augustus. Supreme commander (Imperator), Caesar, Gaius Valerius Diocletian, the pious, the fortunate, emperor (Augustus).) |
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These years mark the opening phase of Diocletian's tetrarchic experiment, formalized in 293 AD when Constantius and Galerius were elevated as Caesars alongside the two Augusti. The CONCORDIA MILITVM type was not idle propaganda — it was a direct administrative message issued at a moment when four rulers needed standing armies to accept a divided command structure without revolt. Diocletian had spent the previous decade watching military coups destroy emperors, and he understood the currency as a policy instrument.
The billon content by this point was little more than a silver wash over copper.